As part of the Autumn Series at Portomaso Casino Malta, the Mini Italian Poker Sport (Mini IPS) was also held. Yesterday, the tournament—with a buy-in of €250 and a guaranteed prize pool of €500,000—came to a close. Tomas Svoboda secured the victory and prize money of €51,000.
The Mini Italian Poker Sport (Mini IPS) recorded a total of 3,247 entries over eight starting days at Portomaso and one remote flight. 161 players finished in the money. The minimum cash prize was €110. Czech player Tomas Svoboda entered the final table as the chip leader and applied a lot of pressure in the early stages. In the end, Svoboda secured the trophy and prize money of €51,000 after defeating Jesús González in heads-up play. Oliver John Moses Said of Malta took third place and received €32,500.
In the final hand, González opened with K-K and called a 3-bet from Svoboda, who held 
. The flop came A-6-9, giving Svoboda “top pair.” González called the continuation bet, and a 2 appeared on the turn. Svoboda then went all-in, and González called with his pocket kings. Only a king could have saved González, but another ace on the river sealed the title for Svoboda. González finished in second place and received €41,000.
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| Place | Player | Country | Prize Money |
| 1 | Tomas Svoboda | Czech Republic | €51,000 |
| 2 | Jesús González | – | €41,000 |
| 3 | Oliver John Moses Said | Malta | €32,500 |
| 4 | Paul Victor Bacchus | United Kingdom | €26,000 |
| 5 | Elliot Giles Valery Anthonioz | France | €21,500 |
| 6 | Emmanouil Chalkiotis | Greece | €18,000 |
| 7 | Tolga Ismen | Turkey | €15,238 |
| 8 | Gaspard Yvon René Querillacq | France | €12,900 |
| 9 | Frederic Alexander Borgmans | – | €11,000 |
| 10 | Niccolò Messeri | Italy | €11,000 |
| 11 | Goran Hudek | – | €9,350 |
| 12 | Kieran Robert Christopher McNiece | United Kingdom | €9,350 |